OBJECTIVE To examine whether a 10-year change in occupational standing is related to carotid artery intima-media thickness (IMT) 5 years later. METHODS Data were obtained from 2350 participants in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study. Occupational standing was measured at the Year 5 and 15 CARDIA follow-up examinations when participants were 30.2 (standard devia...

AIM We statistically investigated whether the impact of cardiovascular risk factors on arterial stiffness would be different from that on arterial wall thickness. METHODS We analyzed 1648 Japanese type 2 diabetic patients. Arterial stiffness was evaluated by pulse wave verbosity (PWV) and wall thickness was assessed with carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) by ultrasonography. We developed a ...

To define the role played by various risk and behavioral factors in the increase of carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) observed in borderline hypertensives. Using B-mode ultrasonography, we compared 97 borderline hypertensives enrolled in the HARVEST study to 27 normotensive controls. Intima-media thickness was measured in the right and left common carotid artery, bulb, and internal carotid a...

BACKGROUND Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) is a rare borderline tumor. The nomenclature of this disease is confused in the literature. CASE REPORT In this report, the case of a 62-year-old man with IMT recurrence of bladder secondary to prostate is presented. The possible etiology of IMT is discussed, along with its clinical manifestation and pathological features. The patient receiv...

It is aimed to present the usefulness of inspiratory muscle trainer (IMT) in treatment of a 20-year-old male patient with diaphragmatic paralysis and tetraplegia due to spinal cord injury (SCI), and supporting effect of IMT in recovering from respiratory failure by rendering his diaphragm functions. The treatment was applied through the tracheostomy cannula by a modified IMT device. After apply...

BACKGROUND Subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH) has been associated with increased carotid intima-media thickness (C-IMT) in recent studies, but the effects of levothyroxine (L-T4) therapy on C-IMT in SCH patients are still controversial. AIM To evaluate the effect of L-T4 therapy on endothelial function as determined by C-IMT in patients with SCH. METHODS BeforeJuly 2016, we searched the PubMe...